1964. Dora Douglas Dora by the fire pit with an untanned moose skin, Ambler, Alaska,
1968 Don, Mary and Alvin Williams in our house.
1966? Clara Lee making birch bark baskets.
1965? Nelson Griest fishing.
1965? Minnie Gray fishing through the ice for grayling. Wolf ruff with wolverine on the inside closest to the face.
Mamie Cleveland with gathered birch bark for basket making. Birch Bark is stored in the siglok (storage cache).
Friends Church built by Tommy Douglas, village leader, along with other Ambler villagers. Built in 1960.
Baby Cleveland's gravesite. This graveyard is on a hill about a mile upriver from the village of Ambler.
1965 or 1966 Richard Cameron with Sheefish on our Ambler property.
Joyce and Dan Denslow by a village cabin. This log cabin is typical of village housing of this time.
Mabel Cleveland with a mid-summer catch of Chum Salmon. Mabel stands by the drying racks erected to hang fish to dry.
1964, Ambler Alaska, Children, fenced garden and high cache in the background
1964. Ambler, Alaska. Olive and Mark Cleveland, Ambler Village residents displaying handcrafted birchbark baskets.
Stanley and Lillian Johnson's house built with planked lumber, likely from local trees. fenced garden
Joe Cleveland, Catherine Cleveland's son playing in the net repair area on the beach in front of Ambler. Fish racks down by the river, fenced garden and cache on the left. Also an wall tent. with the flap thrown open. A small outboard motor on a stand.
Dogs resting at their stakes in front of a new squared log cabin. Charlie douglas, snow machine. First in town! One of the original snow machines among the summer plants
Three boys in front of Art and Dora Douglas' cabins. This cabin housed the post office for many years. fish drying in the foreground, tent pitched on the right.
Two boys sittin on the bank under a cache in Ambler, fish drying,
Mamie Cleveland with gathered birch bark for basket making. Birch Bark is stored in the siglok (storage cache).
1964, Ambler Alaska, Children, fenced garden and high cache in the background
Joe Cleveland, Catherine Cleveland's son playing in the net repair area on the beach in front of Ambler. Fish racks down by the river, fenced garden and cache on the left. Also an wall tent. with the flap thrown open. A small outboard motor on a stand.
Cabin built with vertical split poles, cache with ladder, firewood rounds in the yard
Two boys sitting on a hill in Ambler
Richard standing by our new log cache which he was largely responsible for building.
Cabins with metal roofs, caches, dog houses, clothes drying, and dogs in their dog yard
Joyce Denslow with Maude Foxglove cutting fish to dry on the beach in front of Ambler.
ski racing
Meeting the Wien mail plane landed on the frozen river in front of Ambler, a highlight of the week for which many turned out. Mark Cleveland is second from left.
Two boys sittin on the bank under a cache in Ambler, fish drying,
Don William’s photo (guk) Maude Cleveland burning the quills off of a porcupine,
early 196x Tickett family. Auarluk on left, Sarah standing with three boys
1967 or 68 -Cache built by Richard and Dorene and Gerald
1965 Richard's (Ricky) 17th Birthday.
1966 Oliver and Lorene Cameron Family standing in front of our first sod igloo in Ambler.
Three beautiful girls with assorted footwear. Summer in Ambler.
Joyce and Dan camping on sandbar
Maude Cleveland by fish racks near Kobuk River
Dora Douglas under fish racks keeping a smudge going to deter the flies.
Maude Foxglove in typical summer dress, using an ulu to cut chum salmon to dry.
Chum Salmon and salmon heads drying in front of Ambler village.
Two boys playing by dogsled in front of Kobuk River in summertime.
Old style house with garden in front, Perhaps the Foxglove's house. Ambler in summer.
Fish nets drying on racks along the Kobuk River in front of Ambler
Joyce and Dan Denslows tent camp on asandbar.
Dan Denslow on beach in front of Ambler. Bucky Bee in the background anchored to shore.
Meeting the weekly mailplane on the beach, everyone in town wants to see the activity.
Dora Douglas on left, with two of her children, Maude Foxglove on right.
Ayarluk, Harry Tickett's mother, wearing wolverine ruff. Fish dring next to water's edge.
Joyce Denslow with friend (likely Betty Jo Goddard) displaying a catch of fish.
Joyce and Dan Denslow with catch of fish, pike and sheafish.
Joyce Denslow with friend (likely Betty Jo Goddard) displaying a catch of fish.
Maude Cleveland bruning the quills of of a porcupine before skinning it to cook.
A photo of Kobuk River from above the post office.
Dog yard on the beach in front of Ambler, oil barrel dog house,
Cabin built with vertical split poles, cache with ladder, firewood rounds in the yard
Two boys sitting on a hill in Ambler
Summer flowers
Regina Tickett is the tallest girl, Mabel Johnson is the second tallest,
Photo taken from the bank looking down on the Ambler River by Betty Jo. Fireweed in full bloom.
Joyce and Dan Denslow in front of white wall tent. Ambler River in the background, small wood stove beside the tent.
Joyce and Dan Denslow in front of white wall tent. Ambler River in the background, small wood stove beside the tent.
Dan and Joyce Denslow setting out lunch on a gravel bar of the Kobuk River.
Inside of the Ambler church. oil barrell wood stove for heat, wooden pews.
Griests vegetable garden and racks of fish drying.
1964 Ambler from the air.
Cabins with metal roofs, caches, dog houses, clothes drying, and dogs in their dog yard
Beautiful garden, perhaps Nelson Griest's garden project on the Ambler River
1964. Dora Douglas Dora by the fire pit with an untanned moose skin, Ambler, Alaska,
1968 Don, Mary and Alvin Williams in our house.
1966? Clara Lee making birch bark baskets.
1965? Nelson Griest fishing.
1965? Minnie Gray fishing through the ice for grayling. Wolf ruff with wolverine on the inside closest to the face.
Mamie Cleveland with gathered birch bark for basket making. Birch Bark is stored in the siglok (storage cache).
Friends Church built by Tommy Douglas, village leader, along with other Ambler villagers. Built in 1960.
Baby Cleveland's gravesite. This graveyard is on a hill about a mile upriver from the village of Ambler.
1965 or 1966 Richard Cameron with Sheefish on our Ambler property.
Joyce and Dan Denslow by a village cabin. This log cabin is typical of village housing of this time.
Mabel Cleveland with a mid-summer catch of Chum Salmon. Mabel stands by the drying racks erected to hang fish to dry.
1964, Ambler Alaska, Children, fenced garden and high cache in the background
1964. Ambler, Alaska. Olive and Mark Cleveland, Ambler Village residents displaying handcrafted birchbark baskets.
Stanley and Lillian Johnson's house built with planked lumber, likely from local trees. fenced garden
Joe Cleveland, Catherine Cleveland's son playing in the net repair area on the beach in front of Ambler. Fish racks down by the river, fenced garden and cache on the left. Also an wall tent. with the flap thrown open. A small outboard motor on a stand.
Dogs resting at their stakes in front of a new squared log cabin. Charlie douglas, snow machine. First in town! One of the original snow machines among the summer plants
Three boys in front of Art and Dora Douglas' cabins. This cabin housed the post office for many years. fish drying in the foreground, tent pitched on the right.
Two boys sittin on the bank under a cache in Ambler, fish drying,
Mamie Cleveland with gathered birch bark for basket making. Birch Bark is stored in the siglok (storage cache).
1964, Ambler Alaska, Children, fenced garden and high cache in the background
Joe Cleveland, Catherine Cleveland's son playing in the net repair area on the beach in front of Ambler. Fish racks down by the river, fenced garden and cache on the left. Also an wall tent. with the flap thrown open. A small outboard motor on a stand.
Cabin built with vertical split poles, cache with ladder, firewood rounds in the yard
Two boys sitting on a hill in Ambler
Richard standing by our new log cache which he was largely responsible for building.
Cabins with metal roofs, caches, dog houses, clothes drying, and dogs in their dog yard
Joyce Denslow with Maude Foxglove cutting fish to dry on the beach in front of Ambler.
ski racing
Meeting the Wien mail plane landed on the frozen river in front of Ambler, a highlight of the week for which many turned out. Mark Cleveland is second from left.
Two boys sittin on the bank under a cache in Ambler, fish drying,
Don William’s photo (guk) Maude Cleveland burning the quills off of a porcupine,
early 196x Tickett family. Auarluk on left, Sarah standing with three boys
1967 or 68 -Cache built by Richard and Dorene and Gerald
1965 Richard's (Ricky) 17th Birthday.
1966 Oliver and Lorene Cameron Family standing in front of our first sod igloo in Ambler.
Three beautiful girls with assorted footwear. Summer in Ambler.
Joyce and Dan camping on sandbar
Maude Cleveland by fish racks near Kobuk River
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Dora Douglas under fish racks keeping a smudge going to deter the flies.
Maude Foxglove in typical summer dress, using an ulu to cut chum salmon to dry.
Chum Salmon and salmon heads drying in front of Ambler village.
Two boys playing by dogsled in front of Kobuk River in summertime.
Old style house with garden in front, Perhaps the Foxglove's house. Ambler in summer.
Fish nets drying on racks along the Kobuk River in front of Ambler
Joyce and Dan Denslows tent camp on asandbar.
Dan Denslow on beach in front of Ambler. Bucky Bee in the background anchored to shore.
Meeting the weekly mailplane on the beach, everyone in town wants to see the activity.
Dora Douglas on left, with two of her children, Maude Foxglove on right.
Ayarluk, Harry Tickett's mother, wearing wolverine ruff. Fish dring next to water's edge.
Joyce Denslow with friend (likely Betty Jo Goddard) displaying a catch of fish.
Joyce and Dan Denslow with catch of fish, pike and sheafish.
Joyce Denslow with friend (likely Betty Jo Goddard) displaying a catch of fish.
Maude Cleveland bruning the quills of of a porcupine before skinning it to cook.
A photo of Kobuk River from above the post office.
Dog yard on the beach in front of Ambler, oil barrel dog house,
Cabin built with vertical split poles, cache with ladder, firewood rounds in the yard
Two boys sitting on a hill in Ambler
Summer flowers
Regina Tickett is the tallest girl, Mabel Johnson is the second tallest,
Photo taken from the bank looking down on the Ambler River by Betty Jo. Fireweed in full bloom.
Joyce and Dan Denslow in front of white wall tent. Ambler River in the background, small wood stove beside the tent.
Joyce and Dan Denslow in front of white wall tent. Ambler River in the background, small wood stove beside the tent.
Dan and Joyce Denslow setting out lunch on a gravel bar of the Kobuk River.
Inside of the Ambler church. oil barrell wood stove for heat, wooden pews.
Griests vegetable garden and racks of fish drying.
1964 Ambler from the air.
Cabins with metal roofs, caches, dog houses, clothes drying, and dogs in their dog yard
Beautiful garden, perhaps Nelson Griest's garden project on the Ambler River
Kobuk River with Jade Mountains in background.